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Hedera helix 'Arborescens' |
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Adult form of English Ivy |
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Juvenile form - simple, entire, with 3-5 lobes and whitish veins. Adult form ('Arborescens”) -
simple, entire (no lobes), diamond shaped,
without whitish veins. |
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6-8 inches tall, when used as a groundcover,
growing 60 feet or more in height, with a spread
of 20 feet when grown as a vine. Adult form
present above 10 feet level. |
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Flowers are greenish white, borne in rounded
umbels, in , only on adult form. |
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October |
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Leaves are alternate, 1˝-4 inches long,
evergreen, dark green and lustrous, dimorphic in
shape, depending upon the age and height of
plant. |
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Fruit is a small, black, berry-like drupe,
ripening in April-May. |
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